Premiere 7/2/2025 Subsequent performances: 10, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23* February 2025 | Curtain-up: 19:30 / *14:00 | Ticket sales start on: 22 August 2024 | Price Category: A | Location: Main Stage, Dutch National Opera & Ballet New production for DNO Opera in three acts Sung in Italian Libretto Giambattista Varesco Musical direction Laurence Cummings Stage director and choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui Set designer Chiharu Shiota Costume designer Yuima Nakazato Lighting designer Michael Bauer Dramaturgy Simon Hatab Idomeneo Daniel Behle Idamante Cecilia Molinari Ilia Anna El-Khashem Elettra Jacquelyn Wagner Arbace Linard Vrielink Gran Sacerdote di Nettuno Angel Romero Dancers of Eastman Netherlands Chamber Orchestra Chorus of Dutch National Opera Chorus master Edward Ananian-Cooper Co-production with Grand Théâtre de Genève and Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg To save himself during a catastrophic storm, the King of Crete, Idomeneo, promises the god Neptune that he will kill the first man he meets. Unfortunately that man turns out to be his son Idamante. The king is torn between paternal love and his promise to the gods. This fateful dilemma is at the heart of Mozart’s masterpiece, with a starring role for the chorus. Choreographer and director Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is a phenomenon in the international dance and opera scene, and enjoys fame well beyond. He has choreographed for major pop stars such as Beyoncé and Madonna. For Idomeneo, he is working with dancers from his own company Eastman. The sets are designed by the Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota, acclaimed for her impressive thread installations. The constantly evolving structures composed of red ropes that she uses in Idomeneo have deep symbolic meaning. They represent the twists and turns of fate, and determine the space in which the dancers and characters have to manoeuvre. Mozart in all his grandeur Laurence Cummings, an expert in historically informed performance practices, makes his debut at Dutch National Opera. He will be conducting the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and the Chorus of Dutch National Opera, guiding them through this fascinating score in which Mozart turns baroque conventions into a modern musical language capable of expressing the deepest of human emotions. The title role will be sung by the much-lauded tenor Daniel Behle, who previously enjoyed great success as the King’s Son in Königskinder and as Lohengrin. The scintillating cast of soloists also includes Cecilia Molinari, Anna El-Khashem and Jacquelyn Wagner, all Mozart singers pur sang. Idomeneo, re di Creta Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791) A devious dilemma 41
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